Why renewables can’t save the planet

I watch a fair number of TED talks, usually commenting to the screen how much I disagree with what the presenter is spewing forth, as they tend to be left of center, ideologically. I am quite surprised that this young man wasn’t booed off the stage after they realized that he was advocating against their … Read more

Florida Democrat: We Should Prosecute Anyone Who “Makes Fun” Of Members Of Congress

Mac Slavo July 3rd, 2019 SHTFplan.com One Florida Democrat is proving just how far government officials are willing to go to squash free speech. Frederica Wilson says lawmakers should make a law protecting themselves from jokes…and no, this is no joke. On Tuesday, Wilson went with other members of Congress to tour a detention facility … Read more

Wikipedia co-founder slams Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter and the ‘appalling’ internet

via CNBC: Wikpedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger said in an interview social media companies like Facebook and Twitter are abusing their power and violating users’ privacy and security. He criticized executives in Silicon Valley like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for being “too controlling.” Sanger is advocating “decentralized” social networks.   Larry Sanger co-founded Wikipedia in 2001 … Read more

Mannarino: China Says “NO DEAL!” Fed. Rate Cut Is Now A LOCK

TradersChoice.net, Released on 7/5/19 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate … Read more

Microsoft, HP, and Dell Reportedly to Move Production Out of China

via electronicspoint: Amidst the ongoing ‘trade war’ between the U.S. and China, global technology heavyweights are reportedly to move substantial amounts of their production capacity out of China. Several U.S.-based technology giants who include Microsoft, HP, and Dell are reportedly looking at moving substantial amounts of their production out of China. Spurred on by the ongoing … Read more

More Proof That Shrinkflation Is Getting Much Worse

Jason shows more proof from his daily life that inflation/shrinkflation is getting much worse in just the last few months. First off, what is #shrinkflation? In economics, shrinkflation is the process of reducing the size or quantity of a product while the price of the product remains the same or slightly increases. In some cases, … Read more

MMT, Helicopter Money and Monetary Socialism

by asepp Previous blog posts on modern monetary theory (MMT) and helicopter money have led to the following interview with John Adams and Martin North of Digital Finance Analytics, shown on the YouTube channel Interest of The People: The comments following this interview indicate significant misunderstanding about economics in general and economic theories such as MMT in particular.  It is worthwhile responding to … Read more

300mile diameter cyclone over Estonia 5 July 2019

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ee/tallinn/127964/weather-radar/127964 zoom out, then hit play formed in past 24 hours cyclone formed over Estonia 300 miles across (500km) – now with extra bands forming at Oulu Finland and Krakow Poland to make it 1000 miles across (1600km) with NO westerlies, and NO polar winds to steer nearly impossible https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/500hPa/orthographic=-337.02,58.08,567   so in addition , … Read more

Extent of Amazon review scamming revealed: Hacked accounts posting 2,500 times

Amazon sellers are using hacked accounts to award themselves five-star ratings, with one hijacked user posting as many as 2,500 bogus reviews, a consumer watchdog has found, urging regulators to act. Legitimate accounts are being hijacked to post fake reviews – sometimes thousands of them, UK consumer watchdog Which? found in an investigation into tricks sellers have … Read more

Greek 10-year yields have fallen to the lowest ever in data going back to 2007, to 2.15%, At this point, Greece’s longer-term borrowing costs are about the same as those for the U.S.

by SpontaneousDisorder   Sources: https://twitter.com/lisaabramowicz1/status/1145978810615173120 https://www.google.com/search?q=greece+debt+to+gdp Spike on the left is euro crisis. Debt to GDP high as ever yet investors treating greek debt like its safe as houses.

Trump Takes ONE LOOK, Then UNLOADS On SLUMLORD Dems For What They’ve Done ALL Across The U.S

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EToX5SX6nMw Hank Berriein from The Daily Wire reports, In an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that was conducted in Japan, President Trump ripped the Democratic politicians that run major cities in America for soaring homelessness that plagues their cities, asserting, “This is the liberal establishment; this is what I’m fighting.” Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/49070/…  

Trump is delusional about net censorship

He’s saying that net censorship by big tech won’t be a problem in the 2020 election because they couldn’t stop him in 2016. He’s forgotten the huge role Alex Jones played in 2016. Jones has disappeared as a force in American culture since big tech banned him. Trump probably thinks things are alright because people … Read more

Canada tops list for refugee resettlement

Canada tops list for refugee resettlement (Link to relevant article s below) https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-resettled-most-refugees-un-1.5182621 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/new-canadians-more-optimistic-than-others-cbc-news-poll-1.5197156 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbc-election-poll-demographics-1.5189750